Monthly Archives: July 2025

May/June 2025 Subscriber Sweepstake

These lucky subscribers have shared in over $1000 worth of prizes!

Breville Baker’s Dozen™ bread maker – M Scriha, QLD
De’Longhi Icona kettle – E Polinelli, WA
BLUNT Metro UV umbrella – H Standen, NZ
Al.ive Wash & Lotion Duo – M Fauvet, NSW
Wireless TV headphone set – B Clark, VIC
Bondi Scent Candle – L Shaw, VIC

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Subscriber Sweepstake UK May/June 2025

CONGRATULATIONS to the latest winners in our Lovatts Subscriber Sweepstake!
These lucky subscribers have shared in £250 worth of prizes!
Subscriber Sweepstake May / June 2025

Nikon Aculon 10×25 binoculars – B Cross, Newton Abbot
Aesop Citrus Melange Body Cleanser – D Hooper, Rochester
Fortnum’s Camellia Coaster – D Tyler, Colchester
Ninja Smoothie Maker – M Stanhope, Hayling Island

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Enigma Crossword Competition Winner for June 2025

Congratulations to A Ernst, QLD winner of last month’s Enigma online crossword competition. The winner will receive a $100 cheque, courtesy of Lovatts Crosswords & Puzzles.

Crossword & Puzzle Collection 155 – Gremlin

Monster Colossus, page 74

The clue at 87 down should have read ‘Long, unisex tunics’ for the plural KAFTANS.

Thanks to K Little from QLD for reporting this gremlin.

Win an KIA 2025 Winner

Congratulations to long-time Lovatts Christine’s BIG Crossword subscriber Winsome C from Deagon, QLD, the lucky winner of our WIN A KIA Picanto major competition!

Winsome has been a loyal subscriber to Christine’s BIG Crossword magazine since 2009, after picking up her very first issue, Issue 201. Her winning entry came from Issue 393, one of [more…]

Christine’s BIG Crossword 398 – Gremlin

Nautical Terms FindaWord, page 41

The ‘SOS’ appears twice in the puzzle grid.

Thanks to D Branford from SA for reporting this gremlin.

 

Monster Prize Pool 91

$1000 Cash
Acrostic Puzzles 57
Sol: Erskine Lawrence Ebbin
M Martin, Forster NSW.

Breville Baker’s Dozen bread maker
Acrostic Puzzles 57
Sol: Erskine Lawrence Ebbin
H Drury, Lancefield VIC.
Code Crackers 145
Sol: Murder on the Orient Express
C Keir, Peel NSW.
FindaWord 168
Sol: Africa, Avalon, Chicago, Galveston, Khe Sanh, Kokomo, Montego Bay, Waterloo
J Morris, Ferny Hills QLD; V Sargeant, Simpson VIC.

Colossus Crosswords 219 – Gremlin

Cryptic Cross 1, page 52

The first clue should have been numbered 1 across not 8 across.

Thank you to A Argent from QLD for reporting this gremlin.

Ring The Changes

It’s an immutable fact, whether we like it or not, that we change as we grow older, whether for better or worse. We might become less flexible but wiser, our cooking might improve but our memory doesn’t. Our crossword-solving skills advance, of course – but sadly it gets harder to read the clues.

So it [more…]